Location: Fort Lauderdale,FL, USA
Purpose of Position:
This position will be responsible for managing customer warehouse ripening operations to meet customer requirements and expectations.
Accountabilities:
* Oversee all aspects related to the ripening program to ensure compliance with customer ripening requirements and expectations.
* Perform Ripening Duties for all required products.
* Routinely review program and staff performance and make corrective actions when necessary.
* Regularly set and update program expectations and goals to grow business and proactively prevent customer issues.
* Troubleshoot and address all customer complaints relating to ripening quality.
* Develop and ensure compliance with departmental budgets focusing on cost maintenance and productivity.
* Ripen and maintain products according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's).
* Perform quality inspections of product upon arrival.
* Ensure product and location documentation is maintained daily; to include inspection logs, inventory control logs, ripening room logs and warehouse supply logs.
* Review and reconcile product inventories, monitor stock and rotation of product.
* Communicate with supervisor on issues related to inventory and product quality; assist with decisions on product disposition.
* Review current and potential product issues with Del Monte Quality Assurance and Sales team.
* Work with location warehouse personnel including, customer Quality Assurance department, lift truck drivers, warehouse assistants and foremen to achieve program goals.
* Execute and complete work assignments, with minimum supervision and errors.
* Enter data, run reports and assist Supervisor as needed.
* Work with buyers/allocation and come up with plan for number of loads needed from each type of raw to achieve the customer spec and orders with no issue.
* Keep closely work with coordination and own the responsibility of providing insight of inventory status and color/PSI and other defects.
* Fully responsible on daily outbound reports for all banana and avocado orders to customers and share with upper managements, sales, and buyer.
* Special projects as assigned.
Minimum Skills Required:
* High School degree minimum or 2 years degree in a related field, from an accredited institution, and/or equivalent work experience.
* 2+ years' previous technical, quality assurance, management or supervisory experience related to produce ripening and mainly banana and avocado.
* Knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
* Excellent communication skills (i.e. oral and written).
* English and Spanish oral and (i.e. written communication).
* Strong understanding of mathematics and basic science concepts in chemistry, biology, and physics.
* Electrical pallet jack and forklift operating is a plus.
* Please note: This position does not qualify for relocation expenses. *
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